Richard Fuller Patterson
MilitaryFuller Patterson grew up in Richmond, Virginia and decided to join up in Canada to "get into the war". He flew as a fighter pilot for the Royal Canadian Air Force from England as part of No. 121 Squadron. He went missing from a ground attack mission to Knocke, Belgium in Spitfire W3711 7-Dec-41. Killed in Action (KIA).
I am Fuller Patterson's grand-niece. It was previously mentioned that he had no family left and that is incorrect. I actually just collaborated on an article remembering Fuller for the Richmond Times Dispatch that appeared in this past Sundays (5/24/15) paper. Fuller's sister just died in 2013 and she was my grandmother. Fuller was an inspirational person. I have uploaded his story for all to read....the story of his death is almost as incredible as his life.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Richmond, VA, USA | 21 September 1915 | Born son of James Thomas and Mattie Gregory Patterson, of Richmond, Virginia, USA. |
Died |
8647 Knokke, Belgium | 7 December 1941 | Missing from ground attack mission to Knocke in Spitfire W3711 7-Dec-41. KIA. |
Richmond, VA, USA | Exact dates not yet known | ||
Enlisted |
Montreal, QC, Canada | Enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force | |
Based |
Kirton-in-Lindsey | 7 December 1941 | No. 121 Squadron of the RAF were stationed here from May to December 1940 |
Other Graduated from Princeton |
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA | ||
Buried |
Bredene Churchyard Bredene, Belgium | Bredene Churchyard, Belgium. |
Revisions
Added some basic details to the entry from the article posted by Fuller Patterson's grand niece.
Also used:
http://www.northwealdairfieldhistory.org/content/eagle-squadrons
http://www.londonremembers.com/subjects/r-fuller-patterson
Princeton Alumni Weekly, Volume 42, page 24 (via Google Books)
I am Fuller Patterson's grand-niece. It was preiviously mentioned that he had no family left and that is in correct. I actually just collarborated on an article remembering Fuller for the Richmond Times Dispatch that appeared in this past Sundays paper. Fullers sister just died in 2013 and she was my grandmother. Fuller was an inspirational person.
http://www.richmond.com/news/local/city-of-richmond/article_a63aa409-bb…
Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia